Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Add tapping to README.developer Section 1.2 Skeleton?

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:28:16 +0200
Mike Duigou wrote:

> I recently figured out how to add tapping to a dissector after reading
> the README.tapping instructions (lines 28-55). Pretty simple stuff and
> it seems that every dissector should do this.
>
> It occurred to me that I would have added tapping to my dissector
> right from the start if tapping had been part of the skeleton sample.
>
> Any opinions about including or not including tapping as part of the
> skeleton which is in section 1.2 of README.developer?
>
> If there's no objection I will amend the skeleton with tapping calls,
> add a few notes of explanation and direct towards README.tapping and
> README.stats_tree for more info.
>
Hmmm, keeping the skeleton as simple as possible might by a better idea.

The skeleton is meant as a starting point for new developers and not as
a showroom for all the features Ethereal provides :-)

Regards, ULFL